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AP Bio Chapter 12
Mitosis
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Biology
12th Grade
11/12/2009

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Term
Genome
Definition
A cell's endowment of DNA
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Chromosomes
Definition
Where the DNA molecules are packed into
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Chromatin
Definition
A complex of DNA and protein that condenses during cell division
Term
Mitosis
Definition
Cell division of nucleus
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Cytokinesis
Definition
division of cytoplasm
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Somatic Cells
Definition
Diploid (2n)
Term
Gametes
Definition
Haploid (sex cells) n
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2 phases of cell cycle
Definition
Mitosis, Interphase
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3 Phases of Interphase
Definition
G1 - Cellular Growth
S - Replication (Synthesis) of DNA
G2 - Prep for Mitosis
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5 Phases of Mitosis
Definition
Prophase, Prometa, Meta, Ana, telo
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The spindle arises from the ______
Definition
Centrosome
Term
What controls chromosal movement during mitosis?
Definition
Microtubules
Term
In animal cells, cytokinesis occurs by a process known as ______
Definition
Cleavage
Term
What forms in Cytokinesis in plant cells?
Definition
Cell Wall
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Cell Cycle Control System
Definition
the sequential events of the cell cycle are directed by a distinct cell cycle control system
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What stimulates other cells to divide?
Definition
growth factors
Term
Whar cells are neither density dependent inhibition nor anchorage dependent?
Definition
cancer cells
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Metasize
Definition
exporting cancer cells to other parts of the body where they may form secondary tumors
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What makes up a duplicated chromosome?
Definition
Sister Chromatids
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Mitotic Spindle
Definition
an apparatus of microtubules that control chromosome movement during mitosis. Includes aster, spindles, centrosomes
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Kinetochore
Definition
protein structure associated with chromosomal DNA at centromere
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What is a cyclin
Definition
A regulatory protein that is involved in cell cycle control
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Cdk
Definition
Cyclin dependent kinesis. Another regulatory protein involved with the cell cycle.
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Density-dependent inhibition
Definition
when crowded cells stop dividing
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anchorage dependence
Definition
when cells must be attached to a substratum to divide
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transformation
Definition
the process that converts a normal cell to a cancer cell
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malignant tumor
Definition
becomes invasive enough to impair the functions of one of more organs
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